Alisha Sommer | Essentials for Living

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Ten.One Thousand, Six Hundred & One

  1. So tired.

  2. If I’m tired, then I know the girls must also be tired.

  3. I forgot it’s enrichment day today.

  4. “Remember that you belong there,” he says to me as I gather my things.

  5. “I only have a twenty. I want fifteen dollars back in change, please.”

  6. I come around the curve and ahead of me, the horizon stretches out in a hazy silhouette of mountains, light gray to deep gray. Below are large swathes of glittering green grass and gilded leaves. I remember that I do get to live in this beautiful place.

  7. Not awkward at all.

  8. As always, I have more questions than answers.

  9. I tell him that I remembered that as long as I keep working hard and maintain my integrity, I will be okay.

  10. Still haven’t baked anything this week.